Key Aspects in the Qur’an
In the Name of Allah,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful
All Praise is due to Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala) and may Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala) exalt the mention of His Prophet and render him and his household, his Companions, and those who follow their way, safe from every evil, and grant them security on the Day of Resurrection.
In the name of Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala), We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala) guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. Whenever you want to pursue the truth and verify anything you hear about Islam, we urge you to please use the only valid and divine source of Islam, Qur’an.
NO TRANSLATION OF QUR’AN IS ACCURATE NOR CAN IT BE REPLACEMENT TO QUR’AAN TEXT. ONE CANNOT GUARANTEE THEIR AUTHENTICITY OR ACCURACY. PLEASE USE THEM AT YOUR DISCRETION.
Read Translation of Quran in Language Best Understood - Dr Zakir Naik
If you read the Qur’an it will surely benefit you in this world as well as in the hereafter. Read the Qur’an, if you don't know Arabic read the Qur’an in the language you understand. If you understand English read it in English, the language you understand the best, if you understand Urdu read it in Urdu, if you understand French read it in French if you understand German read it in German you read it in the language you understand. Irrespective of language, at least read the translation of the Glorious Qur’an, so that you can understand the message of your Creator. I'd like to give an example suppose a very close friend of yours who's a German he comes from Germany and he spends a couple of weeks with you, he being a German he can't speak English fluently, but he can converse with you, he spends a couple of weeks and even he goes back to Germany, he writes to you a letter in German because he cannot speak English fluently he cannot write English fluently, so he writes to you a letter in German. Now when you get that letter in German, you don't understand German, what will you do? But naturally because he's a close friend you will have that letter translated, you will want to know what your good friend told you from Germany. Don't you want to know what is the message the last and final message given by a creator Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala) you don't have to go in translate the Qur’an, the Qur’an al hamdulillah has already been translated in the major languages of the world.
Fi Zilal al-Qur'an: 'In the Shade of the Qur'an' is a highly influential commentary of the Qur'an, written during 1951-1965 by the Egyptian Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966). The book outlines Qutb's vision of a Muslim state and society. It is considered by some to be a comprehensive & far-reaching commentary, that takes a clear and lucid interpretation of the Qur'an. It has much influence throughout the Muslim world, especially amongst the ordinary lay practitioners of Islam. The work extends to 30 volumes that correspond to the 30 juz' parts of the Qur'an. It has been translated into several languages. The full set of 30 volumes covers the entire Qur'an. The aspects taken are from the titles in the contents given during the translation.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is by self only. Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala) Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
I pray to the Almighty that this humble effort may serve the purpose of bringing entire humanity in the fold of genuine religious fellowship.
BRIEF INDEX OF TOPICS OF
NOBLE QURAN
Makki Surah 1 (7 Ayah)
Al-Fātiĥah (The Opening)
Madani Surah 2 (286 Ayah)
Al-Baqarah (The Cow)
1-29 The Message Spelt Out
30-39 Man in Charge of the Earth
40-74 Glimpses of Israelite History
75-103 Covenants Breached All the Time
104-123 Jewish Efforts to Undermine Islam
24-141 Universal Faith
142-152 Change of Direction
153-157 Acquiring Real Strength
158-177 Setting the Record Straight
178-188 Social Justice and Fasting
189-203 The Sacred Months, Fighting and Pilgrimage
204-214 The Nature of Islamic Society
215-220 Worse Than Murder
221-242 The Family: The Foundation of Human Society
243-252 A Timeless Message
253-257 The Nature of Allah and Faith
258-260 Causing Life and Death
261-274 An Islamic Model of Social Security
275-281 The Evil of Usury
282-284 Safeguards for Financial Transactions
285-286 One Divine Message
Madani Surah 3 (200 Ayah)
Āl `Imrān (The House of `Imrān)
1-17 Concepts Outlined
18-32 Concepts Clarified
33-64 The Birth and Prophethood of Jesus (pbuh)
65-92 The Heirs of Abraham’s Faith
93-120 One Allah, One Faith
121-136 Lessons for All Muslim Generations
137-148 A High Price for Heaven
149-158 Forgiveness of a Disastrous Error
159-164 The Prophet’s Message of Compassion
165-179 Priorities Defined
180-188 Main Issues Re-emphasised
189-200 Issues Resolved
Madani Surah 4 (176 Ayah)
Al-Nisa (Women)
1-14 Fair Inheritance for All
15-28 Perfect Social Morality
29-35 Fairness in All Deals
36-43 Unfailing Kindness
44-57 Battle Resumed
58-70 Sincerity and True Faith
71-86 Fighting for a Noble Purpose
87-94 Organising External Relations
95-104 Fighting for the Oppressed
105-113 Justice for All
114-126 Beliefs That Degrade Mankind
127-134 Watching Allah in All Dealings
135-147 The Reality of Hypocrisy
148-170 One Religion for All Mankind
170-176 The Truth About Jesus
Madani Surah 5 (108 Ayah)
Al-Mā’idah (The Repast)
1-11 Contracts and Their Fulfilment
12-26 Broken Pledges
27-40 The First Murder
41-50 The Right Basis for Judgement
51-66 Delineation of an Essential Relationship
67-81 Who Follows Divine Faith?
82-86 Relations with Other Faiths
87-108 Detailed Legislation for Believers
109-120 About Jesus and the Repast
Makki Surah 6 (165 Ayah)
Al-An`ām (Cattle)
1-3 The Origin of Life
4-11 Stubborn Rejection
12-19 A Commitment to Mercy
20-32 Preference to Remain Blind
33-39 The Dead Cannot Hear
40-49 To Avert Sudden Punishment
50-55 Accountability and Grace
56-65 The Extent of Allah's Knowledge
66-70 Point of Separation
71-73 Sovereign of All the Worlds
74-94 Guidance for All Nations
95-111 The Miracle of Creation
112-127 On Permissibility and Prohibition
128-135 Judgement According to Deeds
136-153 Intertwining Laws and Concepts
154-165 The Law of Divine Retribution
Makki Surah 7 (165 Ayah)
Al-A‘rāf (The Heights)
1-9 The Purpose of the Divine Message
10-25 The Start of Human Life
26-34 Man’s Finest Garment
35-53 Much Pleading, Little Use
54-58 To Whom All Authority Belongs
59-93 The Qur’ānic Approach to Faith
94-102 Lessons to Learn
103-137 A Confrontation with Pharaoh
138-171 Relapse into a State of Ignorance
172-198 Bearing Witness
199-206 The Road to Mercy
Madani Surah 8 (75 Ayah)
Anfāl (The Spoils of War)
1-29 Different Types of Victory
30-40 In Defiance of the Truth
41-54 Allah’s Will at Work
55-75 Delineation of Loyalties
Madani Surah 9 (129 Ayah)
Tawbah (Repentance)
1-28 The Basis of Inter-Communal Relations
29-35 Relations with Other Religions
36-37 A Higher Degree of Unbelief
38-41 The Supreme Word of Allah
42-96 Manifestations of Hypocrisy
97-110 A Mosque for the Hypocrites
111-129 The Earth’s Suffocating Expanse
Makki Surah 10 (109 Ayah)
Yūnus (Jonah)
1-25 A Book Full of Wisdom
26-70 Addressing the Human Mind
71-103 Unheeded Warnings
104-109 Clarification of Issues
Makki Surah 11 (123 Ayah)
Hūd
1-24 The Message Spelled Out
25-49 A Historical Perspective
50-68 The Promise That Never Fails
69-83 Abraham’s Special Guests
84-99 Social Perspective
100-123 Single Message, Different People
Makki Surah 12 (111 Ayah)
Yūsuf (Joseph)
1-20 A Favourite Child Is Lost
21-34 Facing Up to Trial
35-57 From Prison to Palace
58-79 Brothers’ Reunion
80-101 A Child’s Dream Comes True
102-111 One Message to Mankind
Madani Surah 13 (43 Ayah)
Al-Ra ‘d (Thunder)
1-18 A Glance at Wide Horizons
19-43 The Nature of Faith and Prophethood
Makki Surah 14 (52 Ayah)
Ibrāhīm (Abraham)
1-27 One Message for All Mankind
28-52 Grace and Gratitude
Makki Surah 15 (99 Ayah)
Al-Ĥijr (The Rocky Tract)
1-15 Preserving the Qur’ān
15-25 Great Universal Expanse
26-48 Man and His Sworn Enemy
49-84 Lessons of History
85-99 Keeping to the Path of Truth
Makki Surah 16 (128 Ayah)
Al-Naĥl (Th Bees)
1-21 Allah the Creator of All
22-50 Divergent Outlooks and Attitudes
51-76 The One and Only Allah
77-89 Denying the Undeniable
90-111 Absolute Justice
112-128 Advocacy by Example
Makki Surah 17 (111 Ayah)
Al-Isrā’ (Ascension)
1-21 Allah’s Infinite Power
22-39 A Code Based on Justice
40-57 Allah: The One and Glorious
58-72 Honour Granted to Mankind
73-111 Why People Reject the Divine Message
Makki Surah 18
Al-Kahf
1-27 A Distinctive System of Values
28-46 Faith Based on Free Choice
47-59 Heedless of Divine Warnings
60-82 A Special Lesson for Moses
83-110 Accurate Historical Accounts
Makki Surah 19 (98 Ayah)
Maryam (Mary)
1-40 Allah’s Unbridled Will
41-65 A Long Line of Prophets
66-98 Two Interlinked Lives
Makki Surah 20 (135 Ayah)
Ţā Hā
1-98 The Purpose of Revelation
99-135 Man’s Long Drawn Battle
Makki Surah 21 (112 Ayah)
Al-Anbiyā’ (The Prophets)
1-35 Clear Solid Evidence
36-47 A Warning Not to be Ignored
48-92 One Community of Believers
93-112 A Mercy for Mankind
Madani Surah 22 (78 Ayah)
Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)
1-24 The Pilgrimage
25-41 The Ka`bah and Pilgrimage
42-57 The Sights, Blind Hearts
58-78 Abraham’s Choice of Name
Makki Surah 23 (118 Ayah)
Al-Mu’minūn (The Believers)
1-22 Man, Faith and the Universe
23-52 One Message for All Mankind
53-98 A Book Stating the Truth
99-118 Justice and Grace
Madani Surah 24 (24 Ayah)
Al-Nūr (The Nur)
1-26 The Mandatory Punishment for Adultery
27-34 Measures to Preserve Decency
35-45 The Light of Heaven and Earth
46-57 Guidance to the Straight Path
58-64 Perfect Manners
Makki Surah 25 (77 Ayah)
Al-Furqān (The Criterion)
1-20 To Distinguish Right from False
21-44 Below Animal Level
45-62 Raising Support Against Allah
63-77 Allah’s True Servants
Makki Surah 26 (227 Ayah)
Al-Shu`arā’ (The Poets)
1-9 If People Would Only Reflect
10-68 A Debate with Pharaoh
69-104 No End to Allah’s Blessings
105-122 Judgement Belongs to Allah
123-140 How the Mighty Fall
141-159 A Blatant Challenge to Allah
160-175 Perversion Leading to Ruin
176-191 Fair Dealings for All
192-227 The Qur’ān: A Definitive Description
Makki Surah 27 (93 Ayah)
Al-Naml (The Ants)
1-6 Revelations Bringing Happy News
7-14 Nine Miracles for Most
15-44 Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
45-53 Plotting to Kill a Prophet
54-58 Perversion Leading to Ruin
54-58 Of Allah's Own Making
Makki Surah 28 (88 Ayah)
Al-Qaşaş (The Story)
1-43 Security at the Height of Danger
44-75 The Truth Clear for All
76-84 Ungrateful for Allah’s Blessings
85-88 The Ultimate Return
Makki Surah 29 (69 Ayah)
Al-`Ankabūt (The Spider)
1-13 The Inevitable Test
14-45 Like a Spider’s Web
46-69 Confused Concepts
Makki Surah 30 (60 Ayah)
Al-Rūm
1-32 Signs to Reflect Upon
33-60 Bringing Life out of the Dead
Makki Surah 31 (34 Ayah)
Luqmān
1-19 A Sage’s Admonition
20-34 Allah’s Absolute Knowledge
Makki Surah 32 (30 Ayah)
Al-Sajdah (The Prostration)
Madani Surah 33 (73 Ayah)
Al-Aĥzāb (The Confederates)
1-8 False Relations Abolished
9-27 Rallying All Hostile Forces
28-35 Unlike All Women
36-48 Fearing Social Reaction
49-62 Detailed Legal Provisions
63-73 Too Heavy for Mountains
Makki Surah 34 (54 Ayah)
Saba’ (Sheba)
1-9 Infinite and Accurate Knowledge
10-21 Contrasting Attitudes
22-27 Distinct Ways, Different Ends
28-42 Futile Argument
43-54 Final Warning
Makki Surah 35 (45 Ayah)
Fāţir (The Originator)
1-3 Giving All Grace
4-8 The Lurking Enemy
9-14 Fashioning All Creation
15-26 Individual Responsibility
27-38 Reciters of Allah’s Revelations
39-45 The Fate of Evil Design
Makki Surah 36 (83 Ayah)
Yā Sīn
1-29 Appeal to Reason
30-68 Signs Galore
69-83 What Prevents Resurrection?
Makki Surah 37 (182 Ayah)
Al-Şāffāt (Ranged in Ranks)
1-68 Will You Have a Look?
69-148 Abraham’s Sacrifice
149-182 To Whom Victory is Guaranteed
Makki Surah 38 (88 Ayah)
Şād
1-16 Unjustifiable Reaction
17-48 Tests for Prophets
49-64 Contrasting Ends
65-88 Man’s First Creation
Makki Surah 39 (75 Ayah)
Al-Zumar (The Throngs)
1-7 The Diversity of Allah’s Creation
8-10 As Comfort Replaces Affliction
11-20 The Losers
21-29 The Best of All Discourses
30-35 The People of the Truth
36-52 Signs to Reflect Upon
53-61 The Gates of Mercy
62-75 Driven in Throngs
Makki Surah 40 (85 Ayah)
Ghāfir (The Forgiver)
1-20 A Prayer by Angels
21-55 A Believer in Pharaoh's House
56-77 Always Responding to Prayers
78-85 When it is Too Late to Believe
Makki Surah 41 (54 Ayah)
Fussilat (Clearly Expounded)
1-36 Testimony of One's Own Senses
37-54 No Concealment from Allah
Makki Surah 42 (53 Ayah)
Al-Shura (Consultation)
1-24 A Message Revealed by Allah
25-53 Allah's Signs in the Created World
Makki Surah 43 (89 Ayah)
Al-Zukhruf (Gold)
1-25 Ignorance Based on Superstition
26-56 Blindness Out of Choice
57-89When Friends Turn Enemies
Makki Surah 44 (59 Ayah)
Al-Dukhan (Smoke)
Makki Surah 45 (37 Ayah)
Al-Jathiyah (Kneeling Down)
1-23 A Clear Way of Religion
24-37 To Whom Supremacy Belongs
Makki Surah 46 (35 Ayah)
Al-Ahqaf (Sand Dunes)
1-14 One Universe, One Creator
15-20 Two Types of Offspring
21-28 When Prophets Are Challenged
29-35 Jinn Listening to the Qur'an
Madani Surah 47 (38 Ayah)
Muhammad ﷺ
1-15 Captives of War
16-31 What Fate for Sealed Hearts
32-38 An Invitation to Sacrifice
Madani Surah 48 (29 Ayah)
Al-Fath (Victory)
1-17 A Victory in the Making
18-29 People's Pledges and Allah's Promises
Madani Surah 49 (18 Ayah)
Al-Hujurat (Compartments)
Makki Surah 50 (45 Ayah)
Qaf
Makki Surah 51 (60 Ayah)
Al-Dhariyat (The Scattering Winds)
Makki Surah 52 (49 Ayah)
Al-Tur (Mount Sinai)
Makki Surah 53 (62 Ayah)
Al-Najm (The Star)
Makki Surah 54 (55 Ayah)
Al-Qamar (The Moon)
Madani Surah 55 (78 Ayah)
Al-Rahman (The Lord of Grace)
Makki Surah 56 (96 Ayah)
Al-Waqi’ah (The Inevitable Event)
Madani Surah 57 (29 Ayah)
Al-Hadid (Iron)
1-15 Who Gives Allah a Loan?
16-29 A Race to Forgiveness
Madani Surah 58 (22 Ayah)
Al-Mujadalah (The Pleading)
Madani Surah 59 (24 Ayah)
Al-Hashr (The Gathering)
Madani Surah 60 (13 Ayah)
Al-Mumtahanah (Women Tested)
Madani Surah 61 (14 Ayah)
Al-Saff (The Ranks)
Madani Surah 62 (11 Ayah)
Al-Jumu’ah (The Congregation)
Madani Surah 63 (11 Ayah)
Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites)
Madani Surah 64 (18 Ayah)
Al-Taghabun (Mutual Loss and Gain)
Madani Surah 65 (12 Ayah)
AI-Talaq (Divorce)
Madani Surah 66 (12 Ayah)
Al-Tahrim (Prohibition)
Makki Surah 67 (30 Ayah)
Al-Mulk (Dominion)
1-30 The Sovereign of the Universe
Makki Surah 68 (52 Ayah)
Al-Qalam (The Pen)
Makki Surah 69 (52 Ayah)
Al-Haqqah (The Inevitable Truth)
Makki Surah 70 (44 Ayah)
Al-Ma’arij (Ways of Ascent)
Makki Surah 71 (28 Ayah)
Nuh (Noah)
Makki Surah 72 (28 Ayah)
Al-Jinn (The Jinn)
Makki Surah 73 (20 Ayah)
Al-Muzzammil (The Enfolded One)
Makki Surah 74 (56 Ayah)
Al-Muddaththir (Wrapped in Cloak)
Makki Surah 75 (40 Ayah)
Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)
Madani Surah 76 (31 Ayah)
Al-Insan (Man)
Makki Surah 77 (50 Ayah)
Al-Mursalat (Sent Forth)
Makki Surah 78 (40 Ayah)
Al-Naba’ (The Tiding)
Makki Surah 79 (46 Ayah)
Al-Nāzi`āt (The Pluckers)
Makki Surah 80 (42 Ayah)
`Abasa (The Frowning)
Makki Surah 81 (29 Ayah)
Al-Takwīr (The Darkening)
Makki Surah 82 (19 Ayah)
Al-Infiţār (Cleaving Asunder)
Makki Surah 83 (36 Ayah)
Al-Muţaffifīn (The Stinters)
Makki Surah 84 (25 Ayah)
Al-Inshiqāq (The Rending)
Makki Surah 85 (22 Ayah)
Al-Burūj (The Constellations)
Makki Surah 86 (17 Ayah)
Al-Ţāriq (The Night Visitor)
Makki Surah 87 (19 Ayah)
Al-A`lā (The Most High)
Makki Surah 88 (26 Ayah)
Al-Ghāshiyah (The Enveloper)
Makki Surah 89 (30 Ayah)
Al-Fajr (The Dawn)
Makki Surah 90 (20 Ayah)
Al-Balad (The City)
Makki Surah 91 (15 Ayah)
Al-Shams (The Sun)
Makki Surah 92 (21 Ayah)
Al-Layl (The Night)
Makki Surah 93 (11 Ayah)
Al-Đuĥā (The Morning Hours)
Makki Surah 94 (8 Ayah)
Al-Sharĥ (Solace)
Makki Surah 95 (8 Ayah)
Al-Tīn (The Fig)
Makki Surah 96 (19 Ayah)
Al-`Alaq (The Germ-Cell)
Makki Surah 97 (5 Ayah)
Al-Qadr (Power)
Madani Surah 98 (8 Ayah)
Al-Bayyinah (The Clear Proof)
Madani Surah 99 (8 Ayah)
Al-Zalzalah (The Earthquake)
Makki Surah 100 (11 Ayah)
Al-`Ādiyāt (The Coursers)
Makki Surah 101 (11 Ayah)
Al-Qāri`ah (The Striker)
Makki Surah 102 (8 Ayah)
Al-Takāthur (Rivalry for Worldly Gain)
Makki Surah 103 (3 Ayah)
Al-`Aşr (The Declining Day)
Makki Surah 104 (9 Ayah)
Al-Humazah (The Slanderer)
Makki Surah 105 ( Ayah)
Al-Fīl (The Elephant)
Makki Surah 106 (4 Ayah)
Al-Quraysh
Makki Surah 107 (7 Ayah)
Al-Mā`ūn (Small Kindness)
Makki Surah 108 (3 Ayah)
Al-Kawthar (Abundance)
Makki Surah 109 (6 Ayah)
Al-Kāfirūn (The Unbelievers)
Madani Surah 110 (3 Ayah)
Al-Naşr (Divine Help)
Makki Surah 111 (5 Ayah)
Al-Masad (Fire Flames)
Makki Surah 112 (4 Ayah)
Al-Ikhlāş (Purity of Faith)
Makki Surah 113 (5 Ayah)
Al-Falaq (The Daybreak)
Makki Surah 114 (6 Ayah)
Al-Nās (Mankind)
The Qur'an Can Never Be Translated Absolutely – Nouman Ali Khan
What makes the Qur’an so unique in the way in which it communicates, the way in which Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala) says stuff is so powerful and so incredible. You see the Quran when it's translated, maybe you'll get the content of what he says, maybe. What would you definitely not get, a hundred percent, how he said it, that's lost. What he said, maybe you get something out of translation, maybe, but how he said it is gone, that's it, because how he said it exists in what language? In Arabic, even if you explain it to somebody in Arabic in your own Arabic it's still not how he said it, you understand. So the creative beauty, the unique beauty, the unparalleled majesty really of Allah's words, they cannot be translated, something from the meaning can be translated, but the actual impact that the original words have nothing else can have.
In appreciating this gap between our attempts to translate the Quran and Allah's own words to appreciate this gap, you know what the Suyuti rahimullah said, he said if you can appreciate the distance between Allah (swt) and his creation, meaning how far above Allah (swt) has from his creation, then you have some idea of the distance between the word of Allah and the word of the creation.
What is translation? It is the word of creation, it can never be a substitute for the word of Allah, it can't be. This is not on what is lost in the content, we could talk about that - there's a lot lost in the content - but I want to talk to you about what is lost, in the beauty, in the style and how can we as non-Arab speaking audiences, as people that aren't exposed to the Arabic language, at least even begin that journey of appreciating the Quran and that light, that is something that has been held dearly by Muslims for a very very very long time and is almost entirely lost upon the Muslims in our times. You see when we hear that the Qur’an is a miracle, how is the miracle of the Qur’an presented? Mostly if you google, it the first thing very scientific phenomena in the Qur’an, isn't that true. Another thing you might get is some crazy number 19 theory, right, you'll get that some statistics. Another thing you might get is the Qur’an had predictions like Rome is going to be, it was dominated, but it will come back and take over again, predictions in the Qur’an. But do we believe that every ayah of the Qur’an is a miracle? Do we believe that, is it a miracle from the very time it was revealed or later on? From then, from its inception, the very big first communication we had with the Qur’an, the first interaction human beings had with the Qur’an, every last ayah of the Qur’an is a miracle. This is what we believe. How many ayah of Quran are predictions, very few. How many ayah of Quran are dedicated to scientific phenomenon, very few. How many of these things were even known to the Arabs of that time, almost nothing. So what is it that mesmerized these people, what is it that every time the messenger opened his mouth that there would be, some even said, they would be dumb found they didn't know what to say.
Allah azza wajal put two things in the Qur'an, when somebody translates the Qur'an even in the best translation at the most they will try to capture some of the message, but it is impossible to capture the miracle of Qur'an. Miracle is only in the words of Allah (swt), his own choice of words that's what makes them miraculous. So if I try to tell you what an ayah means in English or an order or any other language I may be able to give you something about the meaning of the ayah, but I cannot cannot display to you the beauty and the miracle of the ayah that's impossible that really is impossible and I wanted to demonstrate to you.
The third ayah in Surah al-Muddaththir says in Arabic “ra-bba-ka-fa-ka-bbi-r” you notice something it's spelled backwards and forwards the same way, in English literature we call this a palindrome, something that spells backwards and forwards, the same way like Bob or racecar, an interesting palindrome in English.
Allah azza wajal gave our messenger ṣallallahu ta`ala `alayhi wa sallam, words that he didn't write down, Allah (swt) tells him you didn't write anything down with your head, you don't know how to write, so this is entirely an oral exercise for the messenger ṣallallahu ta`ala `alayhi wa sallam and he once he says something, he doesn't edit it, he doesn't correct it, that's it. Allah (swt) revealed it and that's it, there's no “I didn't mean to say that, let me change the way I said it etc etc” right. It's exactly the way instructed him to recite, the challenge for mankind is you see the ayah, the simple translation of the ayah would be “declared the greatness only of your Lord” that would be a simple translation. Try to say declare the greatness only of your Lord in English or French or German or Japanese or Chinese or Italian or Russian or Urdu or Farsi you pick the language, say it so that it spells backwards and forwards the same way and say it. So you only have one attempt orally no writing down, no looking up in dictionaries. How possible is that Subhan Allah, I can translate the ayah, but could I translate the miracle in English, if I tell you “declare the greatness only of your Lord” you get some of the message, but do you get the miracle you don't get the nur, the miracle of Qur'an is in the Arabic language and this is just one small example in the Qur'an. Every ayah has its own miracle, every ayah presents its own miracle. The tragedy of our times is most people don't even know the message of Qur'an and for the people who know the message of Qur'an, the vast majority of them don't know the miracle of Qur'an, so this is something that's almost lost a treasure, that's lost from the general knowledge of the Muslim population and just imagine, if our children even knew five ayah and they knew what they meant and then they knew the miracle in those ayat, wouldn't they have a different kind of imagine, those ayah it would mean something more to them.
This is what you see a difference between our Eman and the Eman of the Sahaba. One of the reasons among the many reasons is that when they heard Qur'an they heard the message and they also heard miracle, there are two things at the same time, we at the most we hear one thing, so this is one reason to definitely be a student of the Arabic language, because we want to appreciate the Qur'an in its message and we also want to taste the beauty of it miracle.
Muslim believes that every word in the Quran is exactly from Allah (swt), you can't add to it, you can't take away from it, if Allah (swt) describes the Qur'an is al Qur'an al Hakim, the Quran full of wisdom, we can never separate wisdom and Qur'an. Allah (swt) would say the same thing the Arabic language, for one word has 12 different uses, there are 10 different kinds of anger there are dozen different kinds of just seeing, you know different kinds of subtle impatience, different words for it and then why uses different words in different places.
You know we need to build a thirst for the choices of words Allah (swt) makes because they're so precise and there it is impossible to pick another language, that can do justice to that precision, it's very difficult even if you translate one word for anger as fear as you know, for example you take and you translated as anger and another Arabic word for anger you translated as rage most people do the know the difference between anger and rage, same thing to us right, he was full of anger, he was full of rage, I mean we use these words interchangeably. The Arabic axiom is, there is no one word that is the perfect substitute for another word, every word has its own connotation every word has its own little taste, so Allah’s words are very difficult to communicate in another language the most you can get is some general idea, but if you want to get precise we need to resort back to the Arabic language.
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